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Do you see my idiotic mistake?
Someone asked how to add a set of four
numbers, something like 34, 43, 54, and 68. He or she didn't say which language they wanted to use. I was sarcastic, and said to use the 'plus' function supported in all languages. +(34 + 43 + 54 + 68) = 199
so the function should return 199.
What I said was plus(set) = value. Do you see where I went wrong? Explain.
3 Answers
- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
You're trying to assign a value to a function. Maybe you meant value = plus(set).
- JohnLv 57 years ago
Wrong! Functions often return values. A list can be added, for example:
plus([34, 43, 54, 68]) = 34 + 43 + 54 + 68 . But a set cannot. The set {34, 34, 34, 43, 43, 54, 68} is exactly the same as the set {34, 43, 54, 68}. That was my foolish error, and nobody caught it.
- Anonymous5 years ago
WRONG GNU/JOHN YOU WERE WRONG AND YOU'LL BE WRONG AGAIN
